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On this day in football history

: 1927 C.B. Cochran, famous stage impressario of his day, presented a tennis tournament at Manchester United's ground at Old Trafford. Although such famous stars as Suzanne Lenglen and Bill Tilden appeared the venture was a financial flop.; 1928 Derby County signed Jack Barker, centre half from Denaby United. One of the last of the great attacking centre halves he remained with County as a player until the war years and was on their training staff for many years after. When the war closed his first class playing career in 1939 he had played in 327 League matches. Appeared in 11 internationals for England between 1935 and 1937.; 1960 Wally Fielding resigned from his post as player manager with Southport. A very good inside forward, he was once an amateur on Charlton Athletic's books but his registration was allowed to lapse during the war and Everton signed him immediately after the war. Left Goodison Park for Southport in January 1959 after appearing in 380 League matches and scoring 51 goals. Whilst at Southport he made the 20 appearances necessary to raise his total to 400 and added one more goal.; 1966 In continuation of the World Cup Group qualifying matches which began on the llth July, Uruguay beat France 2-1 in Group 1 at White City, London, the only match to be played on the ground during the competition, before a crowd of 4O,000. In Group 2, Spain beat Switzerland 2-1 at Hillsborough, attendance 32,000; in Group 3, Hungary beat Brazil 3-l at Goodison Park in what turned out to be one of the finest matches of whole tournament from the point of view of pure football, attendance 51,387; in Group 4, Chile and North Korea drew 1-1 at Ayresome Park where there were only 13,792 spectators.; 1974 A transfer merry go round in England as Brian Kidd leaves Manchester United for Arsenal, to replace Ray Kennedy who had moved to Liverpool.; 1989 Former England star Lawrie Cunningham is killed in a car crash in Spain.; 1998 England and France are named as joint winners of the fair play award for the 1998 World Cup Finals.